Immersion Research 2010

With the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market show the next day, and water levels dropping fast, some friends and I knew we had to get out on the Lower Wind River in WA before the levels dropped out, as everything else around Hood River had gotten pretty low.  Its a fun little tech-y class 3-4 run [...]

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Its that time of the year again, when every Tom, Dick, and Harry migrates to the great land of sand and salty water for the annual Outdoor Retailer Summer Market Show.  This is the primary trade show where we get to show off what is new and hip for the next season to come.  If [...]

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I’ve got a couple new videos in the works, but in the course of making them there was some pretty good footage left over that I didn’t use. I hated to not use some of it, so I put together this little video with all the extra stuff. Its just compiled from some footage from this past [...]

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Click on the link to download. For reference:

PDR:  plastic downriver (Wave hoppers and speeders)
K1-Long: Under 12 feet- mostly Green boats and the like
K1-Short: under 8′ 6″

2010 Upper Yough Race Results

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New for 2011, the Kling-On Sprayskirt

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Kelsey Thompson reflects back on his CO tour’s of past, and put this little clip together- Enjoy!

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This just came in from Forrest Noble- an old friend of mine from the mid 80’s DC paddling scene (Pummel Falls? he named that…). Anyway- Forrest is still kicking it hard core 25 years and 3 kids later:

You can also read the whole story here.
Thanks Forrest!

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This is an idea that Daniel DeLaVergne came up with years ago- a classic surfing quiver shot re-done for kayaking. Well, we finally got around to doing it. The boats, from left to right:

Wavesport Project
Liquidlogic Jefe
Liquidlogic Remix 69
Unknown composite kids boat (Paul Shriner?)
Phoenix Ocoee (backup)
Dagger Green Boat
Impex Cat 4
Valley Mill Superstar (made by John)
Millennium (made [...]

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Details:

July 24th 2010
30th annual Upper Yough race
Start time 4:00 at Gap Falls  –1 minute intervals
Register in advance at 800-272-4141or at Wilderness Voyageurs Friendsville 9am till noon day of event
$25 entry fee
all boats welcome
race classes will be determined by the number of entrants

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